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Breaking the Schools Rules

Introduction
Each year the US economy loses $1.8 billion on account of high school dropouts. Moreover the industrial expectation for future employees is drastically cut short by over three million each year (over eight thousand per day) on account of school dropouts. The troubles do not end there however; the problem stretches its tentacles into an already deteriorating crime rate with many of the dropouts embracing a life of crime. Researchers in the school districts and law enforcement have been eager to uncover the reasons behind the exodus from school. The research was conducted over a period of five Continue reading...

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Background

In, 2002, Gary McKinnon, a Scottish business analyst and self-made hacker, perpetrated one of the greatest, or most infamous hacking incidents in the history of cybercrime. He targeted both NASA and the United States military forces, electronically burgling their computer systems and top secret files. What is perhaps most impressive about this crime is that Gary McKinnon acted alone. Using the hackername “Solo,” McKinnon managed to infiltrate 97 government computers, trying to access files on a UFO cover-up, or Free Energy Suppression. Unfortunately in doing so he created a much larger problem. Continue reading...

Background

It is apparent that crimes are very common in cities, and the mode of catching the criminals keeps on changing as the criminals change tactics now and then giving the police hard time. The magnitude of crime changes and the methods of dealing with different crimes is different.

Robbing an old woman who was on her way home.
The investigation of the investigators
The old woman, Josephine, reported the case to the police who started an investigative lead to knowing culprits. The police used all the means to know who the men were and their places of residence. Josephine Continue reading...

1. Summarize the case, highlighting the reasons why this case was controversial.
Nearly 100 years ago, in Jacobson v Massachusetts, the exercise of police power for protecting the health of the public was upheld by the US Supreme Court. However, despite the intervening legal and scientific advances, the public health practitioners are still facing the basic tension created by this case between common good and individual liberty. While affirming the compulsory vaccination of Massachusetts, the Court provided the basis for constitutional protections comprising of old standards; necessity, proportionality, reasonable means and harm avoidance. According to Jacobson, the Court supported Continue reading...

Resolving Jill’s Dilemma in Candy Corporation

Introduction
Executives frequently encounter ethical dilemmas at their work places, complex in nature, some predictable and several unpredictable. The present case study demonstrates a predictable dilemma faced by a woman executive, Jill Jones, who experienced harassment in the past by Henry, the eldest son of William Potter, the Chairman of Candy Corporation (CC). Henry is now being projected as the CEO of CC and Jill is asked to objectively review and recommend him for CEO position. The past episode of Henry’s misbehaviour with her when she was in middle management position, was still fresh in her mind. Now Continue reading...

Procedure

The parties involved in the case are Jesica Santillan and Duke University. The case involves the family of Jesica Santillan against Duke University. The family of Jesica Santillan was represented by Howard Nations. The case was not filed in any court. Both parties reached an out-of-court settlement regarding the matter.

Facts

Jessica Santillan was a 17-year-old Mexican teenager with congenital restrictive cardiomyopathy. Jesica was admitted to Duke University Hospital for a heart-lung transplant. The first transplant was carried out on February 7th, 2003. The hospital transplanted blood type A organs to Jesica of blood type O positive. Her body rejected Continue reading...

Introduction

The age of the internet dawned upon us in the mid 1990s. This new shift in communication and knowledge sharing thrilled us; the ones who saw it first. There was nothing that couldn’t be achieved over the internet. Chat rooms opened up for service and along with it, cyber bullying. Bullying is a behavior that is used by school going children to exercise a perceived dominance over others. It involves aggression, insensitivity and cruelty towards another child (Bullying & Cyber, 2011). The victim usually receives no help from friends or classmates. In fact, the risk in the number of Continue reading...

The article of Charles J. Muhl (2001) discussed the employment condition in the United States. Workers seek job security. They believe that they would be rewarded in the same way that other benefits function when they give satisfactory performance. This has been a faulty belief, however, as employment in the United States faces challenges of mass layoffs, reductions in force, and job turnovers among others. With this, the 19th century gave rise to the “at will” employment. This pertains to terminable employment for any reason that is initiated either by the employer or the employee.
The employment-at-will doctrine asserts Continue reading...

Synopsis

In the year 2003, Coleen Colombo joined BNC’s California branch in a senior underwriter position. Colombo’s office was part of the regional group offering a sizeable amount of loans to its customers. Colombo’s performance during the initial months was exemplary. This information was contained in a wrongful termination and harassment suit filed on her behalf and five fellow BNC employees in the California Superior Court. Coleen’s work environment changed for the worse in 2005 after a male colleague, working as a wholesaler started to bring her loans containing questionable attributes like incorrect salaries and occupations. Continue reading...

Introduction

Every crime leaves some kind of evidence behind and the criminalists and detectives are trained to find and analyze evidence to find the criminals. The Enrique Camarena Case is like a puzzle. When the decomposing bodies of the two agents are found, already a month has passed. Thus, the main challenges faced by the investigators collecting evidence in the case as to find link that would tie the death of the agents and the time. The time span made it difficult to find the original crime scene. Furthermore, there was tampering of the evidence by officials of Mexico and Continue reading...

Geography 1. Physical Boundaries

Camden is a city found in New Jersey, United State. In reference to Philadelphia, the city is located opposite Delaware River. The total area of the city is 26.784 square kilometer. 23.106 square kilometer of the city is land and 3.677 square kilometer is made of water bodies. 2. Census tract health department area 
According to the statistic from the health department the Camden community has experience reduction in the infant mortality rate by 24% and mother who are breastfeeding their infants drastically increase. Substance abuse among the school going teenagers has been on a decrease in last decade Continue reading...

Introduction

Child rights have increasingly become a subject of much debate in the modern society. The question of respect and upholding of children’s dignity and wellbeing has dominated various discussions. As well, child right movements have emerged. Chief among these is the human rights societies. Indeed, the subject of children rights must consider the definitions, boundaries, limits, and responsibilities of child protection laws. This paper focusses on a typical case of an alleged violation of child right. For purposes of clarity and flow of thought, I will use pseudonyms to recount the event.

Craig (Student): (In a tempered tone) That is none of your business!

Craig: I said that is none Continue reading...

Issue

The issue in the following case is whether the marriage between a male and a transsexual, who has changed her sexual anatomy to female, is a legal marriage between a man and a woman.

In an English case, Corbett v. Corbett , 2 W.L.R. 1306, 2 All E.R. 33 (P.D.A. 1970), the court ruled that the transsexual had failed to prove that his sex change operation resulted in an actual change of sex from male to female. The decision was based primarily on the opinion of medical experts who argued that the sex of a person is fixed at birth, Continue reading...

Executive summary

Digital forensics is a significant process that is needed in analyzing a crime that involves digital equipment. It is a field which has been developing with the way technology has been developing. It is important to understand the issues that has attracted research in the recent past. Digital forensics requires that a lot if human understanding and technological alignment in order to get what is happening with the case that has been stated. This paper will focus on the methodology of gathering digital evidence and carrying out investigations regarding a case. It will focus mainly on the procedures to Continue reading...

Wall2Wall Ltd is a design and luxury interior company, first established in 1980, that is known for creating unique, high quality, wallpapers, paints, and other wall-décor supplies, predominately through Do-It-Yourself stores, intended for people wishing to handle home renovation on their own. The business has a history of significant profitability, however, several specific hardships over the last few years have taken a toll on the company’s bottom line, and have ultimately left the company seeking ways to raise their profitability in the coming fiscal year.
Some, though not all, of that financial hardship has occurred as a Continue reading...

Issue

Coca-Cola in Colombia received a lot of criticism for its ethical misconduct to both its employees and union members. According to code of ethical conduct, a company needs to allow its employees to exercise their rights of being in a union. In addition, a company should handle its employees with a lot of respect and should not take the advantage to bully them in any way. Unfortunately, Coca Cola is criticized for using paramilitaries to force union members out of the company something that resulted to death of one member. In addition, the company also used the paramilitary security Continue reading...

1. Why are the tax officials “picking” on Customer Strategy Solutions?
Pavlo Zhuk, a well established entrepreneur of Ukrainian roots from California set up, together with his friend Hnatyuk, Customer Strategy Solutions subsidiary company in Ukraine, at Kiev.
For Pavlo Zhuk, the setting up of his software development centre in Ukraine meant more than just the expansion of his company. For him, it meant making a good deed, making a difference by investing in the country and therefore helping its economy. Customer Strategy Solutions meant contributing nonetheless to the modernization of the Ukrainian society by introducing new technologies, training Continue reading...

A Georgia statute included a requirement that candidates for specified state offices must take a urinalysis drug test in order to qualify for the position, and the result of the test must be negative. Petitioners, being the candidates for state offices, filed a petition asserting that the following drug test requirement violated their rights protected by the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution. Thus, the petitioners challenged the constitutionality of the Georgia statute.

Issue

Whether the statute requirement that candidates must take a drug test falls into the category of limited circumstances when the suspicionless searches are Continue reading...

Introduction:

Al Manal establishment is an import manpower housemaid that was licensed in 1993 by Abu Dhabi Government General Security Executive Council in Abu Dhabi. The firm is a family and was handed down by the founder to his Mohamed Saleh AlOthali, who is the current owner of the establishment.
Al Manal has experienced financial success over the years. It was started with AED 100,000 of owner capital. It broke even within the first 2 years of establishment and returned a profit of AED 245,000 in 1995. The profits have been increasing ever since. However, it experienced some Continue reading...

Question one

According to GAAS, what are the auditor’s responsibilities for detecting fraud?
In accordance with the GAAS, an auditor who is conducting an audit of financial statements is responsible for gathering evidence to obtain a reasonable assurance that the financial statements prepared are free from any material misstatements that can be caused by error or fraud(Omoteso&Obalola, 2014). The auditor can only obtain reasonable assurance and not absolute assurance due to the nature of audit evidence given and gathered. Another possible reason is the nature of fraud. The auditor is required to understand the implications of different risks factors Continue reading...